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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26

The girls in one of the junior classes
of the Normal College were requested
few weeks ago to name the female
character in any novel or drama they
had read which left the strongest i'm
preston ON their minds. Two of the
responses ought to be carefully con-
sidered by all, who are opposed to what
are sometimes termed light and
frivolous reading" One girl, appar-
emily 1s years old, said: Il prefer the
character of Romola to any other that
l have read" When asked to give
her reasons she replied: Because she
was so good, SO noble, so self-sacri-
feing" The other girl, perhaps a
year younger, said she liked the char
acter of "Rebecca in 'Iyanhoe, be-
cause she was so pure, so liberal, and
so self-sacrifcing." Both used the
word self-sacrificing; and, as self
sacrificing is the popular heroism of
noble women, it is easy to perceive
that these girls had in their own hearts
a good deal of that very feeling which
they SO admired in others.-NeU York
Epoch,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26
India's Poetic Religion.

The Tamil Brahmins have a peculi-
arly poetic language. and, though their
ideas are not always poetical, yet they
are generally picturesque, The insect
kingdom is the human world in dis
guise, and accordingly they call the bee
Brahmin from its selfish exclusive
ness and its dislike to insects other than
bees; the wasp is the yidegar, or priest;
the grasshopper and locusts, soldiers,
for their destructive qualities; large
insect, being a species of glow-worm,
a cowherd or milkman; the mosquito
and tine flee, household servants; the
bug, doctor; the butterfly, Brahmin
woman, and the horsetiy, dog. And,
in conclusion, should any of my read
ers ever desire the speedy departure OF
Brahmin from his house, l have but
to say let him call into the room dog,
for to pure Brahmin dog or fowl
is as much an adherence as is the hog
to an orthodox Hebrew or to faithful
followers of Mohammed--Sam Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26
Fate OF the Apostles.

The following brief history of the
fate of the Apostles may be new to
those whose reading has not been
evangelical:
st. Matthew is supposed to have suf-
fered martyrdom or was slain with a
sword at the City of Ethiopia.
st. Mark was dragged through the
streets OF Alexandria, in Egypt. till he
expired.
St Luke was hanged upon an olive
tree in Greece.
st. John was put in a caldron of
boiling oil at Rome and escaped death.
He afterwards died natural death at
Ephesus, in Asia.
st. James the Great was beheaded at
Jerusalem,
st. James the Less was thrown from
pinnacle or wing of the temple, and
then beaten to death with a fuller's
club.
St. Philip was hanged up against a
pillar at Hierapoiis, city of Phrygia.
St. Bartholomew was flayed alive
by the command of barbarous King.
st. Andrew was bound to a cross,
whence he preached unto the people
till he expired.
st. Thomas was run through the
body with lance at Coromandel in
the East Indies.
st. Jude was shot to death with ar
rows.
St. Simon Zealot was crucified in
Persia
st. Matthias was first stoned and
then beheaded.
st. Barnabas was stoned to death by
the Jews at Salania.
st. Paul was beheaded at Rome by
the tyrant Nero.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26
Force OF Habit,

It's an awful thing, force of habit.
1t is accountable for a great deal of
misery and great deal of happiness.
Most things are done from force of
habit. Swearing, drinking, loving,
hating, all become habits, and can't
be got over. A fellow goes courting,
and it's awfully pleasant. At first it's
novelty and fun, then it becomes habit,
and they think it is love. The girl
goes away for a month. He pines for
week, and when she comes back
she's got out of the habit, and he's got
into the habit of courting another girl,
and it's all up. l believe about nine
tenths of the constancy between wives
and husbands is habit, and l estimate
from observation that all the incon-
stancy is. If man does not get into
marriage, if it is only to one at time,
he's not likely to get into the habit
after. But novelty may be response
BILE for about tenth. 1t takes longer
for the habit to catch on in married
people than in single people. But If
you can only hold on until your hus.
band has got into the habit of coming
home at nights, you're all right.
my nuSDanu Salu the mdffleu lauy
of some years, my husband never
thinks of going to sleep without kissing
me good night. He's just as good as
can be-"
What, neverp"
Never. Only once can 1 remember
his forgetting it, and then he made up
for it. :"
"How?"
He came home very tired and didn't
kiss me as usual. had perfect con-
tidence until he began to sn-went to
sleep, | mean. l was SO wretched i
didn't sleep, and about o'clock in the
morning he woke up with a start and
shook me. Then he kissed me and
said Good night and went to sleep
again. Then knew he loved me-
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26
Joe Goss' Stubbs.

"Talking about pugilist saving his
friends said Old Sport, 1.-The slickest
! thing | ever saw was done by old Joe
| Goss in his fight with Paddy Ryan
down in Virginia in the spring of 1880.
l didn't like to see old Joe going up
against the young fellow; but l knew
if he was beaten there would be game
fight before the battle was over. You
recollect there was a good pile of
money bet on first blood, and all of
Joe's friends were betting that he would
first draw the claret from the Young
Trojan.
well, that was fight and no mis-
take. The brave old veteran took his
punishment and fought like a hero
AT the end of the third or fourth round
he motioned for Johnny N to come
to his side as he sat in his corner. He
mysteriously took Johnny's hand, car
ried it to his mouth, and with his
tongue deposited something in his
friends palm. Johnny was bothered:
He could not make out what the old
fellow meant, and began to think that
the fight had set him queer. Johnny
kept his hand closed, and iammed it
into his coat pocket and held it there
until he had chance to step one side
and examine the contents. Cautiously
withdrawing his hand, he slowly un-
closed his fingers, and glancing down
sideways, SO that no one would OBJ
serve him, he saw what it was The
mystery was explained in an instant,
and old Joe's clear head and fore
thought could not be too highly COM
mended. In the second round Ryan
had swung stinging Highlander on
Joe's mouth, and there, resting in
Johnny's hand, were three old teeth
that had been knocked out, and Joe
had carried them through two rounds
until he got chance to get rid of
them without displaying the fact that
Ryan had drawn first blood. He thus
saved his friends that much of their
money at any rate.
"JOhnny quietly presented the teeth
to another friend. Afterward, when
they had to send old Joe outside of the
city to catch train in order to keep
him from being arrested, Johnny re-
marked to the battle-scarred veteran
when they were safely aboard:
"'What was that you gave me, Joe?'
81 don't know. What was it?"
said Goss.
"'Why, that you gave me out of
Jour mouth down in Virginia"
"'Oh. replied Joe with chuckle,
them bloody old stubs. I'm glad the
young feller knocked 'em out, fur they
was always achin'.' Puts6urg Dis
s1nfch
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26
Uncle Sans Bookcase.

In an article on this subject in the
Cosmopolitan, Frank G. Carpenter
says:
1t contains five hundred and sixty
thousand bound volumes, two hundred
thousand pamphlets, and three hum
dred and fifty thousand sheets of music,
and it has tens of thousands of works
OF art, maps, and photographs. Its
annual increase from copyright alone
amounts from twenty to thirty thous-
and volumes. 1t is the great BRAIN
reservoir of the United States. 1t con-
talns a complete index of the work
ings of the American mind. Every
thing In literature, music or art, that
is copyrighted, must be deposited in
1t, and the brain reels in attempting to
conceive how many lives of intellec-
tual workers are packed away upon its
shelves.
In company with one of its librarians
lately took walk through its vari-.
Gus parts, and spent nearly half day
winding in and out through aisle after
aisle, and wall after wall of books,
picking my way between great stacks
OF volumes, and entering room after
room which the eye of the ordinary
visitor never sees. The national IL
brary is at the west end of the great
capitol Its thousands of volumes
have long since overfowed its cap
acity, until now every available inch
of space is utilized, and every room in
the vicinity is stacked with books
The very floors of the library are
piled up with overflow, and the shelves
seem almost bursting with their
tightly-packed contents. The library
proper, which is also the reading
room, consists of long hall-like room
with wings at each end jutting of like
the head of q T. The reading-room is
ninety-one feet long, tb'-ty-four feet
wide, and thirty-four feet high. Its
walls are made up of rectangular al
coyes, each about the size of a small
hall bedroom, and shut off from the
room by q door of iron lattice-work.
The walls of these alcoves are filled
with books, and there are three GAL
leries Of them rising one above an
other. In the front of the upper gal
leries are balustrades, and these have
also been lined on the inside with
book-shelyes, so that as you walk
along the narrow galleries you almost
Craze the books on either side.
The wings at the ends are fitted up
with similar alcoves, and the whole
looks like an immense beehive, with
hundreds of cells of as many colors as
you will find in book-bindings. The
visitors are the bees. They are not al
lowed, however, to go into these alcove
cells, and the reading in the library is
done at tables on the lower floor of the
main room and of its wings. The L.
brary is almost always full of readers,
and on Saturdays the crowd is so great
that many do their reading while
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26
A Better Man in His Place.

A certain Texas murderer who had
killed his partner during the process
of a heated discussion on business af-
fairs was convicted and sentenced to
twelve years imprisonment.
What, can't go out at ALP" he in
quired of the judge.
No"
Then it would have been much
better all around if my partner had
killed me. He always attended to in
side affairs while ] always worked on
the outside. He was man of seden-
tary pursuits, and would have stood
such kind of office work much better
than l shall. Yes, it is very unfortu-
nate that 1 am not now in his place. 1
really regret the serious turn affairs
seem to have taken. ."-Te1as SittinQs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26

In Wallingford, Conn, there is said
to be a woman IS years of age who has
raised family of fifteen children and
had six husbands, the lady having been
bride three times since her sixteenth
birthday. She now lives alone ON the
South pains, having provided herself
with coffin and complete burial out
fit, which is kept in the house ready for
use.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26

DR.. Henry d. Coggswell, the San
Francisco millionaire, has found better
use for his money than spending ii in
the erection of cast-iron drinking foun-
tains SO hideous that even Eastern cities
refuse longer to tolerate them. He has
given 81 ,0O0, 900 for the endowment of
a school in San Francisco, where trades
will be taught to any boy or girl who
qualified to be admitted as . student,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26

A student in the Yale law school en-
gagged for two meals day in New
Haven boarding house and then made
such havoc at the table that the land
lady watched him and caught him in
the act of pocketing bread, cake, cold
meat, butter and pickles.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26

A pleasant English custom is the
opening of horticultural shows in pub
lie gardens. While visitors gaze at
the flowers band entertains sight
seers with sweet sounds.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26

W. W. Cole, the young Snowman,
neither drinks, smokes, ehews, por
WeakA --zss.szzs >&A
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26
A. N. FARR,

NyOTAKY PUBLIC, Mantua. O. Con-
~ yeyancing, collections and Pension Busl-
a0ss promptly attended to on the most leasoh
able terms. oA~-1'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-26
Business Cards.

/. n, PHELPS
A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
IA Law, Office over BELD1NG Arm
sTRoNG1 Main ST., Ravenna Ohio.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-09
THE BOUNDARY LINE.

There is line, says the Denver Repub-
lican, dividing Alaska from British Col
umbis, though no one knows just where
that line is or should be. One one side OF
it the country belongs to the United States
and on the other to Great Britain. Some
where on or about that line some gold
bearing veins of ore have lately been dis
covered and they ale attracting considera-
Bile attention. They are claimed by
American prospectors, who declare that
they are on American soil and can be To-
Gated and held under the United States
laws. The authorities of British Column
bia claim tnat they are on British soil and
can only be located and held In accordance
with the laws governing the location Of
mineral claims in British Columbia. AS
those laws are not favorable to prospect
ors. are in some respects contradictory and
oppressive, and are not understood because
they have not been construed by the courts,
it makes good deal of difference to the
claim discoverer whether he is in Alaska or
is not. The matter has been referred to
the government at Washington and Is
liable to give rise to another northwest
boundary complication, such as once
troubled American statesmen, and became
question of great national importance.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-09
LUCKY KANSAS.

Kansas CITY 1lmes
The late rains have made certain a fair
crop of corn in Kansas. The dry and hot
weather of July cut down somewhat that
promise of superabundance apparent In
June, but local rains have maintained the
high average in many counties and now
the fear of the serious shortage, which
grew as the days became hotter and dryer
in July. has been removed. Kansas will
have enough corn to feed her stock and
then buy all the necessities and comforts OF
life. with a residum to pay maturing
debts and annual interest
A great deal of money has been spent In
Kansas this year. The railroads have, by
their rapid building, kept thousands of
labOrers at work and have made healthy
local demand for considerable amount of
farm produce Manufacturing enterprises
are settling in various parts of the state,
gradually building up permanent market
at home, which will relieve much of the
pressure formerly felt when from short
crop. low prices in Chicago or unfavorable
transportation rates the farmers could not
realize profit from their land. Interest
charges have been lowered by the advent
of ample banking capital. In pensions the
United States has presented the people
with over $4,000, 600, including exam
iner's fees, according to Governor
Clicks report. Over s. for every
man, woman and child In the state is
enough clear money to keep the
wolf from lot of doors. The recent as
sessment returns show that the basis of tax
alton is 1910, 00O, COO. against S277, 600, 600
last year. Here we have S34 000, 900 of new
wealth, which looks well for Kansas.
though 1t by no means includes all the
wealth added during the year. The value
of labor put upon new land In the western
part of the state alone reaches quite half
that sum and the new railroads, telegraph
lines and manufactures will fill up the
other half. The accumula'ions of personal
property probably escape the assessment as
they do in all states II would not be con-
sidered extravagspt to estimate the increase
of solid wealth at $50, 000, 600.
The corn crop wonld have to he dead
loss to bring very much distress to Kansas.
One thing is to be noticed: The chief ef-
feet of the dry weather has been felt In the
Oldest and richest parts OF the state. The
recently settled country west OF the central
tier of counties seems 10 have had sufficient
moisture for the corn all through the sum
mer. The small loss therefore falls on
those who aIe amply sble TO bear it. The
people who would be ruined by bad sea.
son are in fine spirits, expecting TO see all
their hopes realized and their calculations
justified.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-09
COLORADO CLIPPINGS.

The big Montezuma tunnell still lacks
600 feet of being completed.
From fifty to seventy five people are as
cending Pixies Peak every day.
Mayor Lee, of Denver, has demanded
and received the resignation of his chief of
police.
From twenty to twenty five Car loads of
stone are being received daily at Denver for
the new capitol building.
The old exposition building in Denver
now belongs to the Denver & Santa Fe
railroad company.
Four hundred car loads of stone from
the Fort Collins quarries were used in Den
yer In June.
The county commissioners OF Garfield
county are considering project to erect a
sc, 900 court house.
A gold nugget said to be the largest ever
found in Colorado, was discovered near
Breckenridge Saturday. 1t weighed
thirteen ounces and five pennyweights.
The abandoned Pixies Peak telegrarh
line has been sold to Mr.. T. Pallsgrove fcr
$40. 1t cost the government upwards Of
ri 900.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-09
KANSAS PLUMAGE.

Thirteen miles of new sewerage is to be
built In Topeka.
The Rock Island track layers have
reached Wellington.
Barton county claims that Its corn crop
will be immense. She calculates on 2,O00,-
900 bushels.
Kansas pays nearly $4,000, 900 annually
in fire insurance premiums. Her losses
paid were 1927, 900.
Herington has contracted for an opera
house, three stories high, with basement.
Six hundred thousand brick will be used
In its construction.
Leavenworth is taking steps for the
building of a new bridge across the Mis-
souri, river. Choctaw street is designated
as the probable approach.
In cepital invested, number of hands en-
ployed, and value of product, Lawrence
stands second in the milling interests in the
state. She has six mills, employing
seventy men, $500, 1000 invested, and the
product about 81 900, 600.
The first attempt to establish colony of
colored people, on the public lands of the
United States, was made at Nicodemas,
Graham county, Kansas, and in spite OF
immense difficulties it succeeded. In so far,
that many of the settlers lived on their
homesteads the required time and today
own them.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-09
GIVE HIM A CHRONIC.

To the Editor OF the Eagle:
Tread your criticism regarding Frank
Carpenter, ana thought perhaps an expla-
nation of how such chaps as he get into
the newspapers with their articles would
be In order They make contract with some
journal east mot leading journals by any
means) to publish their letters at SO much
per letter and copies of the paper contain
ing the letter at given price. Armed
with few cards on which their names is
printed as travelling correspondents
Cheek commensurate with their ignorance
they strike town for write-up and a
given number of copies of the paper. If the
business men accept all well and good
They proceed to write up the place, giving
the men who subscribe for extra numbers
of the papers and pay them ten or fifteen
cents per line for sterotyped puff or extra
notice If not, then they are ready to write
something against the town if the op
portunity offers. That no doubt Is what
was the matter with that fellow Carpenter,
and as Kansas City drummer who was at
Gueda Springs last week trying to bleach
out his stomach preparatory to the fall
campaign, remarked that the Kansas City
wholesale merchants were. paying num-
Der of eastern journals for their work in
publishing articles derogatory to Wichita
particularly her wholesale interest. Posi-
bly, Carpenter got enough for his effusion
to pay his way home. Kansas Citys an
nanias society will no doubt elect
him president of their society at
the next regular meeting. They
can't in justice to themselves and their
very prosperous and healthy society, do
anything less than that. and still sustain
their reputation as the leading society OF
the country On this connection we will
say that the Wichita society had to sur
render her charter In favor of a Topeka or
ganization), and as to these writeups, the
writer can cite an instance where this city
was taken in on writeup by ore Of
these scriblers, with the promise that the
article would appear in the regular issue of
the paper-in addition to the ten thousand
that was subscribed for-but the article did
not appear In the regular issue; only the
papers sent to this city contained it, | am
one of those who believe the laborer is
worthy Of his hire, ana the next time Car
penter comes to Wichita, am In favor Of
making him present commensurate with
his efforts chromo. They can be found
in tobacco and grocery stores beautifully
framed-with Whist we should imagine was
q vivid likeness of the aforesaid Frankly
under which Is inscribed chew Mules
| Ear OLD CITIZEN
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-09

books His father is with the Kansas Fur
niture Co. A. NJ Denny is in the loan
business Newt Bridgman and Charley
Bethel are farming near the city. Fent
Routson is painting and his brother has a
grocery on Main street. Colonel r. B.
Latham called today on his way
to Colorado. r. n. Alexander for
merly of Lawndale, leads in the buggy
trade. Bugs Mahana is in the w U.
telegraph Office. Everybody here from
Lincoln seems to be satisfied and making
money. Nothing has done so much for
Wichita as. the EAGLE, edited by Col Muir
dock | can but compare this with the
Journal in the efforts to build up the town,
the only difference being the people of
Wichita..appreciate the efforts of the EAGLE
and try to repay its editor by all their ef
forts. | have received the Journal and a
copy of it is to me, like dozen letters
from home. Come out. One hundred dol
lars invested here now will bring two hun
dred by January, Kind regards to all
Yours, COCHRAN.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-09
IN.sEARCH OF HEALTH.

. There is belief entertained by q great
many people that lost health can be restored
by change of climate. Many people OF
moderate circumstances think themselves
unfortunate when feeling little unwell II
they can not take tip to some remote sec
ton. DR.. A. C. Robinson in the Globe
Democrat says: "Tbe American habit of
rushing abroad to the various spas and san
itariums in search of health Is reprehensi-
bic. There are more and better mineral
springs in any one Of the western states
than can be found in all of Germany. Mis-
souri, has some of the finest curative waters
in existence A few years ago well known
grain operator, broken down in health,
went to Carlsbad. He sought the advice
of the most eminent physician at the cure,
who, after slight examination, asked the
patient where he was from. 81 live in St.
Louis, Missouri" was the reply. "Ah,
yes" said the old doctor. you live, then,
but short distance from the great Ho,
Springs of Arkansas, the grandest health
resort In the world. would advise you to
90 back at once to America and try the Hot
Springs. Carlsbad is not for you" The
patient came home, went down to Hot
Syringe for a month, and came back as
good man as when he was 81 years OF
age"
What Is here said about Hot Springs we
believe applies with greater force to any
one of a half dozen mineral springs In
Kansas